Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Cuba
Cuba: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 177,009 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Cuba, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Cuba recorded 177,009 ha for roots and tubers, total — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.1% on the previous year and up 26.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Cuba peaked at 251,648 ha in 2005 and was at its lowest, 93,000 ha, in 1961.
Cuba ranks 43rd of 191 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Cuba, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 93,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 104,700 ha | +12.6% |
| 1963 | 120,100 ha | +14.7% |
| 1964 | 124,100 ha | +3.3% |
| 1965 | 128,500 ha | +3.5% |
| 1966 | 134,000 ha | +4.3% |
| 1967 | 127,956 ha | -4.5% |
| 1968 | 129,386 ha | +1.1% |
| 1969 | 129,810 ha | +0.3% |
| 1970 | 127,113 ha | -2.1% |
| 1971 | 129,978 ha | +2.3% |
| 1972 | 128,265 ha | -1.3% |
| 1973 | 130,678 ha | +1.9% |
| 1974 | 137,553 ha | +5.3% |
| 1975 | 141,944 ha | +3.2% |
| 1976 | 144,938 ha | +2.1% |
| 1977 | 153,643 ha | +6.0% |
| 1978 | 160,042 ha | +4.2% |
| 1979 | 152,495 ha | -4.7% |
| 1980 | 121,458 ha | -20.4% |
| 1981 | 117,516 ha | -3.2% |
| 1982 | 122,400 ha | +4.2% |
| 1983 | 123,017 ha | +0.5% |
| 1984 | 108,400 ha | -11.9% |
| 1985 | 110,100 ha | +1.6% |
| 1986 | 103,400 ha | -6.1% |
| 1987 | 123,879 ha | +19.8% |
| 1988 | 134,265 ha | +8.4% |
| 1989 | 149,194 ha | +11.1% |
| 1990 | 149,352 ha | +0.1% |
| 1991 | 155,795 ha | +4.3% |
| 1992 | 186,742 ha | +19.9% |
| 1993 | 200,089 ha | +7.1% |
| 1994 | 218,474 ha | +9.2% |
| 1995 | 186,925 ha | -14.4% |
| 1996 | 198,158 ha | +6.0% |
| 1997 | 193,624 ha | -2.3% |
| 1998 | 205,000 ha | +5.9% |
| 1999 | 165,071 ha | -19.5% |
| 2000 | 167,711 ha | +1.6% |
| 2001 | 190,519 ha | +13.6% |
| 2002 | 160,875 ha | -15.6% |
| 2003 | 210,945 ha | +31.1% |
| 2004 | 245,226 ha | +16.3% |
| 2005 | 251,648 ha | +2.6% |
| 2006 | 182,972 ha | -27.3% |
| 2007 | 203,935 ha | +11.5% |
| 2008 | 196,122 ha | -3.8% |
| 2009 | 246,033 ha | +25.4% |
| 2010 | 243,834 ha | -0.9% |
| 2011 | 200,993 ha | -17.6% |
| 2012 | 200,993 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 228,507 ha | +13.7% |
| 2014 | 139,777 ha | -38.8% |
| 2015 | 215,536 ha | +54.2% |
| 2016 | 232,326 ha | +7.8% |
| 2017 | 230,577 ha | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 235,696 ha | +2.2% |
| 2019 | 215,786 ha | -8.4% |
| 2020 | 155,256 ha | -28.1% |
| 2021 | 157,365 ha | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 165,221 ha | +5.0% |
| 2023 | 179,041 ha | +8.4% |
| 2024 | 177,009 ha | -1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 121,284 ha | 93,000 ha | 134,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 140,665 ha | 127,113 ha | 160,042 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 121,363 ha | 103,400 ha | 149,194 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 185,923 ha | 149,352 ha | 218,474 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 205,599 ha | 160,875 ha | 251,648 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 214,402 ha | 139,777 ha | 243,834 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 166,778 ha | 155,256 ha | 179,041 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Cuba
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -19.64 % change on previous year (2020)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0276 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2020)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 265.29 current US$ per person (2020)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6522 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2020)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2277 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.2% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.5% (2022)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Cuba?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Cuba was 177,009 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Cuba?
- The highest recorded value was 251,648 ha in 2005.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Cuba?
- The lowest recorded value was 93,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Cuba rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Cuba ranks 43rd out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Cuba?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cuba data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.